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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 1975: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Last Quarter at

05:44UTC

Moon phase on May 3, 1975Last Quarter

Saturday 3 May 1975402,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 1975, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
402,559 km250,139 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1975 is on Friday, April 25, 1975 at 19:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 11, 1975 at 07:05 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 25, 197519:55
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 3, 197505:44
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 11, 197507:05

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1975 to the new moon of May 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.60 days.